Final Fantasy Producer Recognizes Action-RPG Trend

"I think the nature of the franchise is to present something new each time," Kitase told Edge. "In the global market we see many players moving away from games that used turn-based systems toward what you might term an action-RPG. That's a trend, and you ignore things like that at your peril."

Each Final Fantasy game in the long-running series has offered a slightly different battle system from the last. The upcoming Final Fantasy XIII-2 modifies the combat of its predecessor by introducing a monster-taming feature and quick-time events (QTEs).